Note:This is an electronic version of an article published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Hägele, G.F., Díaz, A.I., Terlevich, E., Terlevich, R., Pérez-Montero, E. and M.V. Cardaci. Precision abundance analysis of bright H II galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 383 (2008): 209-229